Acquires and explores zinc and other base metal properties. Holds a 50% operating interest in the Lik zinc-lead-silver property in Northwest Alaska. Now — the numbers.
The company is still in the product-building phase: its spending runs far above its sales. That only changes once the product starts selling at scale.
Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.
Before the clock runs out, either sales must climb sharply or new money must come in. This is the most critical line in the whole picture.
Executives buying with their own money is usually read as confidence in the company’s future.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Clearly below the class average.
A solid grade overall — yet the debt outweighs the cash. The strength here comes from earnings power.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Valuation: The stock trades at a price that looks expensive next to its earnings; that can cap future returns.
Business Quality: Profit power and business quality trail similar companies in the sector.
The stock trades 35% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.
Over the last 12 months, company executives reported 13 buys and 7 sells. Management buying with its own money is usually read as a good sign.
A loss of $3.8M against $0 in annual sales.
The stock sits at $0.62. Under exchange rules, stocks that stay below $1 for too long risk being removed from the market.
At the current pace of spending, the cash lasts about 2.1 years. After that, the company needs to find new money.
On our five-subject report card, XPL sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: XPL is a high-risk stock — not yet profitable, and its future rides on its product catching on.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.
Analysts’ average target sits above today’s price, yet the valuation grade (16/100) says the stock isn’t cheap.
Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: the revenue breakdown.